Big Brother to be axed

Conor108

Oh thank Christ

Link

Epic Tissue

Don't like it? Don't watch..

It's hard I know.

Biggins

See: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055662575

Shoota

Ah some good news today!:o

Degsy

It should be axed and anybody who ever appeared in it,watched it or auditioned for it should be killed..with an axe.

pikachucheeks

Big Fuss!

It's such lazy television! ; "Let's hold auditions, then put the biggest freaks into a house with cameras filming them for the summer!"

Then, there's the saddos who watch the live feeds! Who stays awake at four AM watching people on TV sleeping?

Biggins

Degsy wrote: »

It should be axed and anybody who ever appeared in it,watched it or auditioned for it should be killed..with an axe.

Waste of a good axe!
I'm holding on to mine for my next visit to the Dail.
Roll on September!

Wertz

I'll reserve from throwing street parties and wild celebrations until I see what sh*tfest they're going to replace it with...

Degsy

Wertz wrote: »

I'll reserve from throwing street parties and wild celebrations until I see what sh*tfest they're going to replace it with...

Something with Gerry Ryan one hopes

spoofilyj

Hurray... A truely great result. The removal of one platform where socal bottom feeders get attention is always good news, Now just Axe, anything with celebrity in the title and shows like x-factor. X-factor my arse more like ****e factor, down with Prole tv.

Boxfresh

I watched this last night and the blonde chick in it was given a task. She was given a large map and she had to put a sticker on whichever country they called out. She only got 2 from 7 countries right.
I've never seen anyone so dumb in all my life.

eddiehead

pikachucheeks wrote: »

Big Fuss!
"Let's hold auditions, then put the biggest freaks into a house with cameras filming them for the summer!"

The fact that they insisted on putting nothing but freaks into it made it even less interesting imo.

JONJO THE MISER

What good news to wake up too, this really puts a spring in my step for the rest of the day:)

TPD

Some other channel might still pick up the rights to it and make a new season.

My name is URL

Just because C4 are dropping it doesn't mean it's finished. ITV will probably take over :pac:

Clanket

The Perfect Drug wrote: »

Some other channel might still pick up the rights to it and make a new season.

Yep. Just heard Endemol will be trying to sell it to another channel

Biggins

The Perfect Drug wrote: »

Some other channel might still pick up the rights to it and make a new season.

Shush you, dear gawd don't even whisper that! :eek:

Alofthedunnes wrote: »

Yep. Just heard Endemol will be trying to sell it to another channel

Hopefully the Ant-Arctic TV stations buy it.

Sizzler

Degsy wrote: »

It should be axed and anybody who ever appeared in it,watched it or auditioned for it should be killed..with an axe.

I presume you are on the way down to the Q102 studios then to have a "word" with Ray "Z Lister" Shah.....

Wertz

Boxfresh wrote: »

I watched this last night and the blonde chick in it was given a task. She was given a large map and she had to put a sticker on whichever country they called out. She only got 2 from 7 countries right.
I've never seen anyone so dumb in all my life.

Mate's g/f was tring to tell us about this last night...soemthing about not being able to place Iceland and shouting about how it wasn't a country, that the only Iceland she knew was in the local high st.
Why does modern society seek to reward stupidity with celebrity status?

0ubliette

thank christ. Hopefully if it dies completely people wil lgo back to making real TV, not bloody reality TV. It ushered in this whole cult of personality famous for nothing celeb culture, hopefully that will die soon after BB does.

pikachucheeks

Wertz wrote: »

Why does modern society seek to reward stupidity with celebrity status?

You could ask Jade Goody! Oh, wait...

Wazdakka

Wooooooo...

It's finally over..

happy dance

Cookie_Monster

Don't get overjoyed yet. It will be on Channel 4 next year also as they are contracted to do it. Then it will be gone.

Keano

TV3 will buy the rights. They seem to get every cast off from British TV.

Fighting Irish

dumb boring tv for dumb boring people

LD 50

Yes. Finally they copped on.

I'm just dreading what they think of to replace it

pikachucheeks

LD 50 wrote: »

Yes. Finally they copped on.

I'm just dreading what they think of to replace it

Little Brother? Some sort of dwarf spin-off?

Biggins

LD 50 wrote: »

Yes. Finally they copped on.

I'm just dreading what they think of to replace it

I'm just trying to think what could be worse?
Any suggestions? LOL

pikachucheeks wrote: »

Little Brother? Some sort of dwarf spin-off?

They wouldn't be that stupid ...would they! :eek:

Long Onion

Just playing devil's advocate here, is there any difference between BB and for example a soccer match? Neither adds anything to the sum of human knowledge, neither has any real impact on the lives of the viewers, entertainment is subjective is it not?

pikachucheeks

Biggins wrote: »

They wouldn't be that stupid ...would they! :eek:

Who knows? They could even be sleepy, bashful or sneezy

Cookie_Monster

Long Onion wrote: »

Just playing devil's advocate here, is there any difference between BB and for example a soccer match? Neither adds anything to the sum of human knowledge, neither has any real impact on the lives of the viewers, entertainment is subjective is it not?

A match only last 90 minutes not 4 ****in months!

TPD

pikachucheeks wrote: »

Little Brother? Some sort of dwarf spin-off?

Now that I would watch.

Long Onion

Agreed, but many BB viewers watch a 1 hr programme every day = 7hrs per week. Many sports fans watch more sport than this on a weekly basis, soap fans watch the same amount also.

Just curious as to the depth of feeling.

CommieBaz

Good riddance to bad rubbish that began to stink at least ten years ago.

Biggins

pikachucheeks wrote: »

Who knows? They could even be sleepy, bashful or sneezy

As long as not Dopey. :pac:

Biggins

Long Onion wrote: »

Agreed, but many BB viewers watch a 1 hr programme every day = 7hrs per week. Many sports fans watch more sport than this on a weekly basis, soap fans watch the same amount also.

Just curious as to the depth of feeling.

For me, they are actors who sometimes entertain, draw people in while actual earning a living doing what they do - and thats fair enough.
If they fail to entertain, they get sacked.
Same with sports folk, they move, work, train and entertain.

A couple of unskilled boring no-hoper's absolutely stuck on our screen for hours daily within the equivalent of a four walled cage, is just pure schite to me.

laugh

pikachucheeks wrote: »

Then, there's the saddos who watch the live feeds! Who stays awake at four AM watching people on TV sleeping?

Better than watching people sleep from the tree outside their window.















10/10 for that new pink chemise btw, keep up the good work.

Long Onion

Biggins wrote: »

For me, they are actors who sometimes entertain, draw people in while actual earning a living doing what they do - and thats fair enough.
If they fail to entertain, they get sacked.
Same with sports folk, they move, work, train and entertain.

A couple of unskilled boring no-hoper's absolutely stuck on our screen for hours daily within the equivalent of a four walled cage, is just pure schite to me.

I agree with you on this, I personally would rather watch paint dry, but in principle, if some misguided souls find it entertaining then so be it. I hate soccer as a means of entertainment but many would baulk at the fact that it could be mentioned in the same breath as Big Brother.

There isn't really a co-herent argument against this programme at all, it's just gut feeling that it is a waste of precious life hours.

JP Liz

Channel 4 are axing the show but it being sold to another channel

Its finishes on Channel 4 in 2011

citizen_p

yes!!! no more wannabes going on it to get famous for sitting on their ass all day

Degsy

There's a lot of poxy "celeb" magazines gonna go out of business soon..good bloody riddance to them also.

irish_bob

this past few years , the length of time they are in the house has definatley been extended , when it started , it was about 8 - 10 weeks , not its closer to 20

Sizzler

Degsy wrote: »

There's a lot of poxy "celeb" magazines gonna go out of business soon..good bloody riddance to them also.

Such as VIP.

What an awful publication! Breeding Z listers since its inception :mad:

Biggins

Degsy wrote: »

There's a lot of poxy "celeb" magazines gonna go out of business soon..good bloody riddance to them also.

True. Every time I'd go into a newspaper shop I'd see staring up at me from the likes of The Star, the equivalent of "Todays Big Brother News".
...and each time I'd see it, I'd think "Who really, seriously gives a fcuk!" :rolleyes:

pikachucheeks

laugh wrote: »

10/10 for that new pink chemise btw, keep up the good work.

I'm confused now...

Biggins wrote: »

As long as not Dopey. :pac:

I first read that as "As long as not Degsy"

I was thinking it was a bit cruel! :pac:

Degsy

Biggins wrote: »

True. Every time I'd go into a newspaper shop I'd see staring up at me from the likes of The Star, the equivalent of "Todays Big Brother News".
...and each time I'd see it, I'd think "Who really, seriously gives a fcuk!" :rolleyes:

Obvioulsy there are enough braindead shiites out there to keep this crud in business...its symptomatic of the declining standards of intelligence across the board that people would even want to be on such a travesty of a show.

Clanket

Long Onion wrote: »

Agreed, but many BB viewers watch a 1 hr programme every day = 7hrs per week. Many sports fans watch more sport than this on a weekly basis, soap fans watch the same amount also.

Just curious as to the depth of feeling.

Comparing football to Big Brother. I mean wtf?

Football brings joy to billions around the world. Encourages people to go out and play themselves = excersize, social interaction etc etc.

Big Brother = A load of twats who'll do anything to be famous

Irishcrx

Thanks **** for that, awful awful ****ing piece of **** television show and it started all this reality TV bull****.

laugh

pikachucheeks wrote: »

I'm confused now...

It was a joke, first pointing out that watching someone through a window from a tree was worse and then an incredibly witty punch-line about admiring your latest bedtime clothes purchase.

He shoots, . . . miss!

Canis Lupus

Like I said in the TV forum, BB is only appreciated by the kind of people who think Heat magazine is essential reading. I couldn't be happier that the show responsible for Jade Goody and Jade Goody wannabies has hopefully had the plug pulled on it.

grenache

Epic Tissue wrote: »

Don't like it? Don't watch..

It's hard I know.

If only it were that easy? Even if you don't watch it, you are constantly bombarded with Big Brother news on television, radio and newspapers in particular. The media dedicate more coverage to this kind of puke television than is warranted. It really is modern day consumption at its worst, full of snobbish, fake and talentless individuals who seem to believe the world revolves around them.